Name: Savannah Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-12

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $260.70/cwt on 168 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −134.38 against this barn's trailing median of $395.08.

Average price

$260.70

168 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,456

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$17.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.95

vs TN average

−19.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	268.18	1,499	98
Medium and Large 2	558	250.23	1,396	70

One grade step is worth $17.95/cwt here — about $103 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale168 hd

260.70

—

TN average14 barns · 443 hd

264.65

−3.95

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

−19.64

This barn, trailing median1 sales

395.08

−134.38

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · Hardin County Stockyard Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Savannah, TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,177	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	249.27/cwt	240.00–250.00	945	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	220.38/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,428	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	274.42/cwt	245.00–277.50	1,015	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	263.03/cwt	230.00–265.00	1,223	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	241.57/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,307	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,578	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	239.69/cwt	222.00–243.00	1,536	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,457	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	280.92/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,160	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	833	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,791	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	826	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	272.26/cwt	268.00–280.00	1,293	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	231.91/cwt	210.00–233.00	1,702	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	227.22/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,447	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,425	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	251.19/cwt	222.00–253.00	1,653	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,787	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,452	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	268.18/cwt	225.00–274.00	1,499	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	240.66/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,100	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	238.36/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,323	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	217.62/cwt	215.00–224.00	1,578	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,272	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,277	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	940	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,163	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	289	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,503	47

How this sale compares

Tennessee weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Hardin County Stockyard Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Savannah, TN

Mon Aug 12, 2024

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	379	240.00–250.00	249.27
49	450–500	471	247.00	247.00
1	500–550	535	220.00	220.00
102	550–600	555	220.00–241.00	238.36
34	600–650	648	210.00–221.00	220.38
47	650–700	662	227.00	227.00
48	700–750	725	215.00–224.00	217.62
1	750–800	775	200.00	200.00
3	800–850	808	190.00	190.00
1	850–900	885	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	289	250.00	250.00
20	350–400	376	250.00	250.00
52	450–500	457	230.00–245.00	240.66
17	500–550	546	233.00	233.00
17	550–600	555	230.00	230.00
10	600–650	637	220.00–228.00	227.22
2	650–700	660	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	720	216.00	216.00
1	750–800	755	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	280.00	280.00
11	350–400	370	245.00–277.50	274.42
9	400–450	413	260.00–287.50	280.92
42	450–500	465	230.00–265.00	263.03
28	500–550	541	235.00–243.00	241.57
42	550–600	569	256.00	256.00
23	600–650	641	222.00–243.00	239.69
3	650–700	663	215.00	215.00
4	700–750	725	220.00	220.00
2	800–850	833	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	280.00	280.00
48	450–500	475	268.00–280.00	272.26
98	550–600	559	225.00–274.00	268.18
31	600–650	639	247.00	247.00
53	650–700	658	222.00–253.00	251.19
84	700–750	734	210.00–233.00	231.91
66	800–850	831	215.00	215.00
1	900–950	905	206.00	206.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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